Motor-carriage.



No. 686,046. Patented Nov. 5, I90l. H. FORD.

MOTOR CARRIAGE.

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No.- 686,046. Patented Nov. 5, I901.

H. FORD.

MOTOR CARRIAGE.

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Be it known that I, HENRY FORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in

the county of Wayne and Stateof Michigan,

have invented certain new and nseful Im provements in Motor-Carriages,- of which the following is 'a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to a motor-carriage,

IO and has for its object an improvement in the vehicle itself comprising an improved reach- .rod ,and connections between the reachrods and axles, an

the angles between the front wheels and the 5 carriage-body, and therebychanging the direction of the progressive motion of the-vehicle, alias 'more fully hereinafter described.

This application is a divisional application of my pending application filed December 8, so 1898, Serial No, 698,599.

In the drawings, Figure 1 Isa bottom plan view of my improved vehicle, showing the' rear axle, on which rests the frame of the engine, the gear-cases,'and deta ched plan of the front axle and' the levers used to change the vertical axis of the front wheels. Fig.2 isa rear elevation of the rear axleqwith the motor,

thereon. Fig. 3 is; side elevation thereof. The engine may be of any improved style 0 of explosive-engine and is shown at A. A

one side of the engine and connected thereto is a gear-case 12, which in turn is connected to a gear-case 12 on the rear'axle 10. In the gear-cases 12 and 12 is suitable gearing for 3 5 connecting the drive-shaft of the engine with the rear axle. At the other side of the engine is a flywheel casing 12",- secured, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to the rear axle and also secured to the engine-frame. 1

40 The wagon hastwo axles, and the forward axle instead of turning on a fifth-wheel is formost of its length fixed .in a constant position, so as to'be' always parallel with the rear axle, except, however, that it is able to oscilr late somewhat that passing vertically through the;rea'r axle. It can move with an oscillatory movement around its middle point. The amount of movement is not great; but is sufficient to en- 59 able the carriage to accommodate itself to orimproved means' of changing" threaded, so that the two knuckles or lugson the parts. part is provided with an angled extension 43",

that extends to the rear and terminates with t .an eye 43", into which is hooked a link reachbars, one of which engages in a vertical plane parallelto.

of the road. The

being .Y- and 41 of d inary inequalities is made of two parts, each part shaped. The spreading ends 41 that part of the reach which is secured to the 7 rear axleare made fast to the rear axle between the middle aud the ends thereof. The stem 41 of this part of the reach is provided at its forward end with a journal 41, that engages through a hearing or eye beneath the front axle A. That part of the reach which is made fast to the forward axle is shaped, with its two spreading ends 42' and 42 secured to the forward axle, and the stem part 42 is likewise provided with a journal 42", which engages through a similar eye or also Y- bearing under. the rear axle. The journals of.

each part project beyond the bearing and are axles of the 'wagon are held together by the nuts 41' and 42 The steering is effected by shifting the angles of the forward wheel with respect to the forward axle.

At each end of the axle the journal part thereof is made in a separate ,piece {from the body part, and eachjonrnal body part of the axle" partis'secured to the by a pin which passes vertically through Each journal in g to an arni43, that extends rearw'ardfrom the vertical post 44 of the guiding-lever 45. What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a motor-carriage, provided with aforward axle, having the two forward vehicle'- wheels engage'dtherewith by vertical" joint connections, areach re by a horizontal pivot connection at the middle'poiut of the front axle, and spreads to a double connection with the rear axle,

and the other of which engages by a:horizontal pivot connection at the middle point of therear axle and spreads to a double connectio'nwith the front' axle, sub;

stantially as described. 4

2. In a motor-vehicle, in combination'withthe front and rearaxle, a compound reachrod, consisting of two bars one of which e'ngages by a journal connection at the middle point of the rear-axle, and'spreads'to a double d consisting of two con neetion with the front axle; and the other the front axle and loosely connected withthe of which engages by a single journal connecrear'axle at the middle, which hold said front tion at the middle point 0! the front axle, and axle in parallelisgnwith the rear axle, yet perapreadgto a double connection with the rear mit said axles to rock or tilt independently, r5 9 axle, substantially-as described. substantially as deseri 8.' In a vehicle, a front axle bearing the In testimony whereofi I afiix' my signature steering-wheels,-and a 'reardriving-axle bearin presence of two witnesses.

ingndriving-wheehafmme rigidlyconnected' HENRY FORD. .with said driving-axle and loosely connected Witnesses: 10 with the front axle, and branching rods rig- M. B ODOGHERTY,

idly connected at or near the extremities 01. H. 0. SMITH; 1 

